Return-Path: Received: from ensim.rackshack.net (root@localhost) by orafaq.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1SJLcp11819 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:21:38 -0600 X-ClientAddr: 209.68.248.164 Received: from newsfeed.cts.com (newsfeed.cts.com [209.68.248.164]) by ensim.rackshack.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h1SJLbG11812 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 13:21:37 -0600 Received: from fatcity.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by newsfeed.cts.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id IAA06956; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 08:03:12 -0800 (PST) Received: by fatcity.com (26-Feb-2001/v1.0g-b72/bab) via UUCP id 0055CEE6; Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:19:10 -0800 Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:19:10 -0800 To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L X-Comment: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum X-Sender: Jan Pruner Sender: root@fatcity.com Reply-To: ORACLE-L@fatcity.com Errors-To: ML-ERRORS@fatcity.com From: Jan Pruner Subject: Re: MS SQL hasn't given up! Organization: Fat City Network Services, San Diego, California X-ListServer: v1.0g, build 72; ListGuru (c) 1996-2001 Bruce A. Bergman Precedence: bulk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fresh in memory because 2 days ago I had meeting with MS SQL people from Microsoft. I will talk about MS SQL 2000 Enterprise. 1. MS SQL cannot handle exception. There is nothing like EXCEPTION WHEN ... THEN. 2. MS SQL has nothing like package. 3. MS SQL has nothing like partitioned table (next release in 2 years will have) 4. There is nothing like INSERT NOLOGGING. You have start/stop logging for whole session. 5. There's nothing like sequence (Well, IDENTITY column IS NOT sequence). 6. Well, you can use undocumented function pwdencrypt and pwdcompare to store passwords (the same hash function for storing users password is using MS SQL) :-) 7. There is nothing like ARCHIVE MODE in MS SQL. Just my notes from meeting. JP On Thursday 27 February 2003 21:35, you wrote: > I agree - the biggest advantage Oracle has to MS SQL Server is Unix > stability to Windows stability. > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jan Pruner INET: jan@pruner.cz Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).